John Lennon, the Mobster & The Lawyer

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Attorney Jay Bergen represented Beatle John Lennon in court in a 1975 case with ties to the mafia! Jay chronicles the story and the case in his new book, “Lennon, the Mobster, and the Lawyer” (which is available now wherever you buy books). In 1975, Morris Levy, the mafia-connected owner of Roulette records, released “Roots,” an unauthorized version of a rock & roll oldies album that John Lennon was had been producing with Phil Spector. Morris Levy claimed John Lennon had verbally agreed to let Morris release and market the album on TV worldwide. When Morris released “Roots,” John Lennon’s official label, Capitol/EMI quickly released the official “John Lennon Rock & Roll” album, and that resulted in Morris Levy filing two lawsuits against John Lennon and Capitol/EMI. Jay walks us through the case, the outcome, and how he ended up representing John in this little publicized trial. He recalls meeting John & Yoko, spending time with them during the trial, and what John Lennon was like on the witness stand. He also shares great stories about Yoko’s input during the trial, the role her swami played, and why he was summoned to the Dakota to meet with Yoko by herself.

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0:00.0	TALK IS JERICAL BEAMING TALK IS JERICAL
0:07.0	TALK IS JERICAL MAMA TALK IS BAY
0:13.0	Welcome to TALK IS JERICAL and is the part of Thunder and Rock n' Roll at home of the
0:18.2	patent to Duff Bakedon joke of the week.
0:21.2	Chris Jericho, Duff Bakedon calling you from the south of France.
0:27.2	Hey listen, do you know what pronouns chocolate uses?
0:32.2	I'll tell you, her she.
0:34.2	Thank you very much, goodbye.
0:37.2	Duff delivers his usual four years and counting every Friday with a joke of the week.
0:40.8	Thanks to Duff and thanks to everyone who's already bought a ticket to the Winnipeg
0:44.2	or his 100th anniversary, shit mix, shell-a-brace, all live, pay, purview.
0:48.0	That's right.
0:49.0	We had 100 episodes and we're blowing it up with a live Rock n' Roll party on June
0:53.2	13th at 9 PM Eastern, 6 PM Pacific, come celebrate with us, lots of shenanigans, casoo
0:58.1	playing, imitations, hand drawn artwork, all the whackiness and zaniness that you expect
1:02.9	from the Winnipegers, 3 idiots that I can't believe we actually be able to do this for over
1:06.7	two years.
1:07.7	There's a lot of fun.
1:08.7	Lots of stuff going on, so go to momenthouse.com slash the Winnipegers to get your ticket.
1:13.1	We're also doing an exclusive VIP after party on Zoom, which will be limited to 50 fans.
1:18.6	Thanks again, momenthouse.com slash the Winnipegers for the 100th anniversary, shit mix, shell-a-brace,
1:24.9	all live, June 13th at 9 PM Eastern.
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